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CONTENTS. 



the Welsh coast of (Estrelata 

 torquata, Macg., 454 ; Baltimore 

 Oriole in Shetland, 457 



HOLDSWORTH, CHAS. J. 



Habits of the Kentish Plover, 138 

 Howes, Prof. G. B., F.L.S. 



An observation upon the toxic pro- 

 perties of the amphibian integu- 

 ment, 281 

 Jeffery, William 

 Food of Bats, 71 

 Kennaway, Leonard M. 



Bee-eater in Devon, 100 

 Kerry, F. 

 Little Gull at Harwich, 19 ; Dimen- 

 sions and weight of the Boseate 

 Tern, 20; Great Grey Shrike 

 near Harwich, 20 

 Laidlaw, T. G. 



Nesting habits of the Sky Lark, 

 271 

 Langton, Herbert 



Buddy Sheldrake in West Sussex, 

 395; Breeding place of Richard - 

 son's Skua, 395 

 Larken, E. P. 



Pied Blackbirds, Rooks, and Jack- 

 daws, 18 ; Mouse-coloured va- 

 riety of the Mole, 97 ; Kittiwakes 

 inland in Surrey, 107 ; Red- 

 necked Grebe in Surrey, 224; 

 Thick-knee in Hertfordshire, 224 

 Laws, A. M. 



Nesting habits of the Sky Lark, 

 223 

 Lilford, Rt. Hn. Lord, F.L.S. , F.Z.S. 

 Large race of Great Grey Shrike, 

 108 ; Hedgehog v. Rat, 453 

 Macpherson, Arthur H., B.A. 

 Late stay of the Turtle Dove, 

 21 ; Hybrid Finches, 106 ; Wild 

 hybrid between Goldfinch and 

 Greenfinch, 135 ; Lepus vari- 

 abilis in North Wales, 216 ; In- 

 crease of the Redstart in West 

 Scotland, 437 

 Marshall, Thomas 



Wild Cat in Shetland, 454 

 Mathew, G. F., R.N., F.L.S., F.Z.S. 

 Blue -throated Warbler at Sheer- 

 ness, 438 

 Mathew, Rev. Murray A., F.L.S. 

 Crane near Bridgwater, 75 ; Ardea 

 virescens in Cornwall, 105 

 Mitford, E. L. 

 Beavers on the Rhone and on the 

 Elbe, 177 ; Caterpillars destruc- 

 tive to oaks, 317 



Moffatt, C. B. 



Habits of the Stoat, 380 

 More, A. G., F.L.S., F.R.S.E. 

 The so-called " Martinico Gal- 

 linule" in Ireland, 25; Por- 

 phyrio smaragnotus and P. cseru- 

 leus in Ireland, 25 ; The Birds 

 of Ireland, 145 ; Barred Warbler 

 in Ireland, 310 

 Nelson, T. H. 



Great Skua on the Yorkshire coast, 

 100 ; Ornithological notes from 

 Redcar, 136, 187 

 Nicholl, Digby S. W., F.L.S. 

 Reported occurrence of the Black- 

 winged Stilt near Nottingham, 

 25 ; Goosander near Cardiff, 101 ; 

 Hawfinch in Glamorganshire, 

 182 

 Oldham, Charles 



Bank Vole and Short-tailed Vole 

 in North Cheshire, 98 ; Whisk- 

 ered Bat in Shropshire and 

 Lancashire, 349 ; Albino Long- 

 eared Bat in Lancashire, 349; 

 Food of the Noctule, 349 ; Alleged 

 antipathy of cattle to Deer, 453 ; 

 Hawfinches and green peas, 465 

 Ogilvie, Menteith 



Montagu's Harrier breeding in 

 Suffolk, 76 

 Parkin, Thomas, M.A., F.Z.S. 



Little Gull at Hastings, 19 

 Pascoe, Francis P., F.L.S., F.Z.S. 

 Foreign substances attached to the 

 shells of Crustacea, 30 

 Patterson, Robert 



Great Spotted Woodpecker in Ul- 

 ster, 24 ; Bittern in Co. Down, 

 24 ; American Bittern in County 

 Londonderry, 24 ; Number of 

 Dogs in the British Islands, 135 

 Phillips, E. Cambridge, F.L.S. 



Notes from Brecon, 386 

 Pidsley, W. E. H. ( 



Uncommon birds in Devon, 23 

 Pow, George 



Merlin with feathered feet, 107 

 Raeburn Harold 

 The Great Skua on Foula, 354, 

 392 ; Honey Buzzard in Shet- 

 land, 355 ; Number of eggs laid 

 by the Shag, 388, 464 

 Ralfe, P. 



Bird-life at Douglas Bay, Isle of 

 Man, 355 

 Rodd, Francis R. 



Polecat in Cornwall, 134 



